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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL REED, of Whitestown, in the county of Butler, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Animal-Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specifioation- Figure 1 being a top view of the trap.

Figure 2, a'longitudinal-vertical section thereof, in a plane indicated by the line at in, fig. 1.

Figure 3, a transverse vertical section of the same, in aplane indicated by the line 3/ y, fig. 1.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

This invention, as its leading feature, consists in the combination of a surrounding and covering-box or vestibule, A, with the interior box or trap proper, B, the said vestibule having entrances for the free ingress and egress of the'rats and mice, thereby removing suspicion, and concealing the real character of the trap to those not caught, even though some may be already caught in the trap itself.

To carry out the full purpose of this improvement, both the trap and vestibule should be of ample dimensions. Thus for rats, I prefer to make the trap B, say, two feet long, eighteen inches wide, and eight inches high; and the vestibule three feet long, two feet wide, and a little more than eight inches high; and, therefore, as the vestibule does not project beyond the trap at the back, there will be a space within it six inches wide all around the front and ends of the trap; The vestibule is hinged to the trap at cl d, on the upper rear corner thereof, so that it may be readily lifted up and thrown bnckfrom over the trap at any time. These hinges may be simply'hoolcs, or of other construction, which will allow t There is no bottom to the vestibule, and there are in its lower edge one or more arched or smooth openings or he vestibule to be entirely removed if desired.

doorways, a, of proper size for the free ingress and egress of the animals. Into the inner box or trap proper,

B, there are openings, 6 b, one or more, frohl the vestibule. These openings are surrounded by points projecting inward, and converging slightly, so t once entered. The box may be made of tin or grated with wires, 9 g. There may be openings, It, in the top of the trap, for dropping meal or, other baittherein. There is also an aperture, c, in the back side, covered. by a sliding door, f, for gaining access to the interior of the trap, to remove the animals when caught.

What I claim as myinvcntion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the hinged vestibule A and trap BQconstructcd and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

' The above specification of my improved animal-trap signed by me, this :lth (lay of March, 1867.

- SAMUEL REED.

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